Ruth Steinhagen arrested

Chicago Tribune

Ruth Steinhagen sits in a police wagon after shooting Phillies first baseman Eddie Waitkus in 1949. Steinhagen, 19, had developed an obsession for Waitkus. She checked into the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago and had a note sent to Waitkus' room, saying she had to see him. When he arrived at her 12th-floor room, she shot him in the chest. He eventually recovered and played for six more seasons. Steinhagen was declared insane and committed to Kankakee State Hospital. In 1952 she was judged sane and freed.

Ruth Steinhagen sits in a police wagon after shooting Phillies first baseman Eddie Waitkus in 1949. Steinhagen, 19, had developed an obsession for Waitkus. She checked into the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago and had a note sent to Waitkus' room, saying she had to see him. When he arrived at her 12th-floor room, she shot him in the chest. He eventually recovered and played for six more seasons. Steinhagen was declared insane and committed to Kankakee State Hospital. In 1952 she was judged sane and freed. (Chicago Tribune)

Ruth Steinhagen sits in a police wagon after shooting Phillies first baseman Eddie Waitkus in 1949. Steinhagen, 19, had developed an obsession for Waitkus. She checked into the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago and had a note sent to Waitkus' room, saying she had to see him. When he arrived at her 12th-floor room, she shot him in the chest. He eventually recovered and played for six more seasons. Steinhagen was declared insane and committed to Kankakee State Hospital. In 1952 she was judged sane and freed.